OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES OF DELIVERING DIGITAL CLINICAL TRIALS: LESSONS LEARNED FROM A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF AN ONLINE BEHAVIOURAL INTERVENTION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Opportunities and challenges of delivering digital clinical trials: lessons learned from a randomised controlled trial of an online behavioural intervention for children and young people

Abstract Background Despite being the gold standard of research to determine effectiveness, randomised controlled trials (RCTs) often struggle with participant recruitment, engagement and retention.These issues may be exacerbated when recruiting vulnerable populations, such as participants with mental health issues.We aimed to update understanding

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Responses of Land-Use Changes to Drought and its Disparate Impact on Livelihoods of Farmers and Herders in the Agro-Pastoral Ecotone of Northwestern China

The agro-pastoral ecotone is an ecologically fragile region where drought is the main factor influencing land use and livelihoods.In this paper, we took two farmer villages and two herder villages in Ar Horqin Banner, located in the agro-pastoral ecotone of northwestern China, Flour 5kg as the research areas, and where we conducted participatory ru

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